The One (Thelonious One)
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Thelonious One or The One is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

, and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, signed to Om Records
Om Records
Om Records is a US-based record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music, and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and various compilations. Some of the most notable compilations include Om...

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He is also co-founder of Chocolate Bear Entertainment with his in house producer, Geoffrey Edwards.

Style

His early roots sprang from gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

, and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

. As The One grew as an artist, he expanded his skills experimenting with other genres of music such as pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, psychedelia, trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...

, and a slanted version of country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

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Solo albums

  • SuperPsychoSexy
    • Released: August 19, 2008
    • Label: Om Records
      Om Records
      Om Records is a US-based record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music, and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and various compilations. Some of the most notable compilations include Om...

      /Om Hip Hop/Chocolate Bear Entertainment
    • Singles: "PistolWhipped", "BeautifulWonderful", "MilkShake Thick"

  • Vice EP
    • Released: 2008
    • Label: Om Records/Om Hip Hop/Chocolate Bear Entertainment
    • Singles: "CoolKids"

  • Sin EP
    • Released: 2008
    • Label: Om Records/Om Hip Hop/Chocolate Bear Entertainment
    • Singles:

Om Hip Hop compilations

  • Om Hip Hop Vol.1
    • Released: February 7, 2006
    • Label: Om Records/Om Hip Hop
    • Songs: "PistolWhipped", "Hot Momma"

  • Om Hip Hop Vol.2
    • Released: June 24, 2008
    • Label: Om Records/Om Hip Hop
    • Songs: "PistolWhipped" Wajeed remix, "Sugarless", "MilkShake Thick"

External links

  • The One at Om Records
    Om Records
    Om Records is a US-based record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music, and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and various compilations. Some of the most notable compilations include Om...

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